Members of a critical incident response team are working at a Kelowna, B.C., high school helping students cope with the loss of three Grade 12 classmates.

The three Kelowna senior secondary students were in a Honda Civic sedan that RCMP say hit a utility pole in the city just after midnight Wednesday.

An 18-year-old female who was driving and two passengers, an 18-year-old male and 17-year-old female, died at the scene.

The three were set to graduate within weeks and School District